totolin (T:1871:1)

totolin (T:1871:1)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a painting of the simplex glyph for the noun, totolin (a wild turkey hen).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

çentetl totolin

Gloss Normalization: 

centetl totolin

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
AGN Tierras 1871, exp. 1
Date of Manuscript: 

1558

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Cuauhtla, Morelos

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Xitlali Torres

Colors: 
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
profile view
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

totolin, domestic fowl, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/totolin

Image Source: 

Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras, vol. 1871, exp. 1, fol. 28r.

Image Source, Rights: 

The Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), México, holds the original manuscript. This image is published here under a Creative Commons license, asking that you cite the AGN and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.